7 Responses to “renderings for the proposed slavery museum”

1. posted by FanGuy at October 20, 2009 7:54 am :
   

   And based on the location, it works with a ballpark!

2. posted by Shockoe at October 20, 2009 2:53 pm :
   

   This looks awesome! I hope this proposal is taken seriously…

3. posted by Matt at October 20, 2009 11:55 pm :
   

   I agree. This does look awesome and it is being proposed in a perfect location.

4. posted by Sundagger at October 21, 2009 8:27 am :
   

   The architects have done a super job. Now where is the $150 million?

5. posted by cw at October 21, 2009 11:45 am :
   

   Very cool. And it plays to Richmond’s greatest strength: its history.

6. posted by paul h at October 22, 2009 12:29 am :
   

   The feel good idea of the year. The drawings look beautiful. Now for a dose of reality from the same story.

   Christy Coleman, executive director of the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar, … takes pause, though, when considering the many obstacles that a museum of this sort faces, especially in its formative stages.
   
   “The economy has made everyone very skittish,” she says, “and African-American museums have an extraordinarily difficult time getting built, as well as getting financial support.” Even if there is political and economic will to see the project through, “The key will be long-term sustainability.”

7. posted by Sundagger at October 22, 2009 2:31 pm :
   

   Check my math on this. It looks like the debt service on $150 million, 20 year bonds, 5% interest, would be $11.8 million a year for 20 years.
   That is almost 6 cents on the RE tax rate.

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